Rosary intentions?

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Do any of you put a limit on your Rosary intentions? After mentioning the Pope’s intentions, the confraternity’s intentions, the Pope himself, I feel like I can only add the a single personal intention. Well, personal in that it is my intention, not that I am praying for myself.

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Pax tecum,

Juli
 
I like to add different intentions after each decade. This way, I feel Our Blessed Mother has a spiritual bouquet of intentions to bring to Her Son.
 
Personally, I add all of the intentions I can think of. I figure Mary and the Lord can handle all of them. 🙂
 
God can handle it. He know’s no limits. If he can handle millions of prayers coming up to him all day long for thousands and thousands of years, he can certainly handle a rosary that has a lot of intentions attached to it.🙂
 
mommyof4 said:
God can handle it. He know’s no limits. If he can handle millions of prayers coming up to him all day long for thousands and thousands of years, he can certainly handle a rosary that has a lot of intentions attached to it.🙂
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LOL - I suppose. I just feel like I am cheating somehow! AS IF I could pull something over on God. I just worry that my intentions might be longer than the Rosary!
 
Yes, why should you worry? As many intentions as you can remember, I say. We’re lucky to have Christians full of good intentions such as yourself.
 
If it would make you feel better, say a few extra decades or do another set of mysteries. I’m not sure if it will make any difference to God or not, but it might make you feel better.
 
Sheeniac said:
Do any of you put a limit on your Rosary intentions? After mentioning the Pope’s intentions, the confraternity’s intentions, the Pope himself, I feel like I can only add the a single personal intention. Well, personal in that it is my intention, not that I am praying for myself.

Opinions?

Pax tecum,

Juli
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As an RCIA Candidate, I hadn’t realized you could add more intentions. My pamphlet does mention that at the end we pray for the Intentions of the Pope…Father, Mary, Glory be…and after that, not knowing the exact words or procedures, I ask that all this helps The Church Suffering some how. Not sure if the prayers of a non-confirmed like me actually do help the souls in Purgatory, but I see no reason not to give it a try
 
I tell you what I do. I make a morning offering - of all my prayers and good works for the day - first thing when I wake up. I list any intentions that may be on my mind, for myself and others, at this time. I also add others during the day as they come up.

I normally, however, don’t specify particular prayers for particular intentions. That way it’s left up to the Heavenly Father that whatever cause needs the most of my prayers will get them :yup:
 
Sheeniac said:
Do any of you put a limit on your Rosary intentions? After mentioning the Pope’s intentions, the confraternity’s intentions, the Pope himself, I feel like I can only add the a single personal intention. Well, personal in that it is my intention, not that I am praying for myself.

Opinions?

Pax tecum,

Juli
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At our CWL, we add as many intentions as we can think of at the beginning of each decade.

At the end, we just say, “For these and for any that remain unspoken in our hearts, we pray to the Lord - Lord hear our prayer.”
 
LilyM said:
I tell you what I do. I make a morning offering - of all my prayers and good works for the day - first thing when I wake up. I list any intentions that may be on my mind, for myself and others, at this time. I also add others during the day as they come up.

I normally, however, don’t specify particular prayers for particular intentions. That way it’s left up to the Heavenly Father that whatever cause needs the most of my prayers will get them :yup:
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I do that, too.
 
LilyM said:
I tell you what I do. I make a morning offering - of all my prayers and good works for the day - first thing when I wake up. I list any intentions that may be on my mind, for myself and others, at this time. I also add others during the day as they come up.

I normally, however, don’t specify particular prayers for particular intentions. That way it’s left up to the Heavenly Father that whatever cause needs the most of my prayers will get them :yup:
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I have a daily list of people I pray for in different categories. Lately, it seems I have more reasons to pray for some serious needs and situations and have felt overwhelmed, but remember my list. I really like your idea of not thinking about it once you ask God to take care of it all. Thanks for posting your “system!”

Debbie
 
I am not a very structured person. I don’t have a set way that I handle the intentions when I pray the rosary. Usually, I just start praying, and the intentions just kind of come to me as I pray. Sometimes it is surprising what my intentions turn out to be. Sometimes though if I have someone that I am really wanting to pray for, it will make me want to pray the rosary, so usually that person would be my primary intention when I pray. The really strange thing is, that there have been quite a few times that I have prayed the rosary with no intentions at all. Those are the times that I am feeling really empty, and those are the times that I have received the most comfort and peace.
 
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Do any of you put a limit on your Rosary intentions?
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I have tons of problems, so I pile 'em on.

I also ask for graces I don’t know I need, and all the grace God wants to give me that I don’t know about specifically, but that He’d like me to ask for. I want to be sure I don’t turn down what He wants to give me.
 
LilyM said:
I tell you what I do. I make a morning offering - of all my prayers and good works for the day - first thing when I wake up. I list any intentions that may be on my mind, for myself and others, at this time. I also add others during the day as they come up.

I normally, however, don’t specify particular prayers for particular intentions. That way it’s left up to the Heavenly Father that whatever cause needs the most of my prayers will get them :yup:
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I also love this idea. I’ve been experimenting with various methods of intercession, and this seems perfect! So glad you shared.
 
I don’t make requests or intentions during the Rosary. I make them in a prayer immediately before praying the Rosary.

Queen of the Holy Rosary, you came to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children the treasures of grace hidden in the Rosary. Inspire my heart with a sincere love of this devotion, in order that by meditating on the Mysteries of our Redemption which are recalled in it, I may obtain peace for the world, the conversion of sinners, and the favour which I ask of you in this Rosary (mention requests and intentions). I ask it for the greater glory of God, for your own honour, and for the good of souls, especially for my own.
Amen.

I immediately then start the Rosary and can concentrate on the Mysteries without having to think about any intentions I may have forgotten.
 
When I’m saying Rosary by myself, I usually list all my (many) intentions after the opening prayers, before the first decade. (This sometimes takes a while…) When I say it with my family, each person offers up just a few specific intentions before the start of “their” decade, because sometimes the younger ones take a while if we have limitless intentions. But I think since the Rosary is such a powerful prayer, we should be able to fit in a lot of intentions! 😃
 
Sheeniac said:
Do any of you put a limit on your Rosary intentions? After mentioning the Pope’s intentions, the confraternity’s intentions, the Pope himself, I feel like I can only add the a single personal intention. Well, personal in that it is my intention, not that I am praying for myself.
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I think you should add more intentions:
a) Your bishop & his intentions.
b) Your priest & his intentions.
c) Your confessor.
d) Your local priests
e) Your leader or director (for example, if you are in a ministry such as a choir, pray for your choir director).
f) Your spouse
g) The Holy Souls in purgatory

Sometimes, if I have the time at the end of praying a rosary chaplet, I say an “Our Father” and three “Hail Marys” and a “Glory Be” for each additional intention I want to add (using the beads near the cross).

However, I suppose one Our Father and one Hail Mary is minimally sufficient. For example:
  • Saying one OF and one HM is sufficient when you walk along the stations of the cross. And I highly recommend observing the stations of the cross frequently because this is so highly indulgenced.
  • Saying one OF and one HM is sufficient to meet the requirement of praying for the Pope’s intentions when you are attempting to earn a plenary indulgence.
I think you are very wise to have joined the Confraternity of the Rosary. I am also a member. By praying with the confraternity, we are never praying alone. Instead we exercise our faith and take advantage of being in communion with the saints.

When you have finished praying the Rosary, I think it is an excellent time to add each intention. So please be encouraged to add each intention and ask for each holy request that you can think of. Why not? It is as if you unlocked the lock on a treasure chest and you have access to all the treasure inside. Instead of just walking away without taking anything from the open chest, why not avail yourself to the immense wealth and apply the treasures as you see fit to the spiritual needs that concern you?
 
I bought one of those composition notebooks (hard cardboard cover used to be found only in black and white now in many other color choices) and as I promise to pray for someone or as occasions arise where I feel a person or situation needs extra prayer, I write it in my notebook and end each with, “Lord, hear my prayer.” Then when I am in the Adoration Chapel or at home before I pray my rosary or whenever, I always include something to the effect of, “And Lord, for those who I have written of here in my prayer journal, and all those for whom I promised to pray for but whose names I have forgotten, if it be Thy Will, please grant…”
 
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